Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA: Genealogy of Susan and Barry Reynolds

Notes:
The area now known as Lower Salford, Upper Salford, Salford and Marlborough Township was originally one municipality known as Salford Township. As this area was too large to govern, and with most of the early settlers located in the lower section of the township, a resident named Jacob Reiff, acting on behalf of his neighbors, submitted a petition to the Philadelphia County officials to create what is now Lower Salford Township.

Our first residents were of Germanic descent, having immigrated primarily from Germany, Switzerland and Holland. As most of these settlers came from an agricultural background, farming was their means of livelihood. Additionally, due to their northern European ancestry, German (or one of the many dialects) was the language of nearly all of the families settling in our area.

Lower Salford grew along with its towns and villages - Harleysville, Mainland, Lederach and Vernfield - which usually sprung up with an inn or tavern and a general store at their center. Also located in the towns and villages were the necessary craftsmen, such as tinsmiths, harnessmakers, weavers and carriage-makers. Along streams, grist mills were built to burn the farmers' grains into fine flour and meal. Water-powered mills cut trees into lumber.

One of the most dramatic events to affect the residents of Lower Salford Township occurred in the 1850's when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania revised the public school system and required all teaching to be done in English. Until this time, local residents and churches built their own one-room schoolhouses and hired Pennsylvania Dutch speaking teachers. The transition to an English speaking culture was slow and many residents of our community continued to speak Pennsylvania Dutch as their primary language well into the 20th century.

After WWII, Lower Salford saw the beginning of the transformation from a farming region to a growing suburban community. The old general store gave way to a grocery store, then progresses to become a supermarket. The local insurance company grew, banks expanded their financial services to assist the individual and local businesses and traffic lights began to appear at major intersections.

- http://www.lowersalfordtownship.org/history/

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
101	Clemens, Catherine	1762	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I9136
102	Clemens, Anna Catherine	30 Dec 1729	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I9058
103	Clemens, Anna	19 Feb 1836	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I8786
104	Clemens, Anna	1758	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I10000
105	Clemens, Anna	8 Jan 1734/35	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I11357
106	Clemens, Anna	1712	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I8702
107	Cassel, Susanna B.	25 Aug 1807	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I104038
108	Cassel, Simeon K.	17 Feb 1846	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I103879
109	Cassel, Jonas	15 Sep 1849	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I103880
110	Cassel, Abel	15 Jan 1852	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I103881
111	Bergey, Sarah		Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16359
112	Bergey, Samuel	Abt 1736	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16343
113	Bergey, Salome	22 May 1753	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16351
114	Bergey, Michael	1730	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16341
115	Bergey, Mary	18 Nov 1743	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16345
116	Bergey, Katie	1853	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I14694
117	Bergey, John	2 Apr 1794	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I24100
118	Bergey, Rev. John	23 Aug 1783	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16367
119	Bergey, John	Abt 1728	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16340
120	Bergey, Jacob	9 Nov 1838	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I14819
121	Bergey, Jacob	10 Nov 1769	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I14783
122	Bergey, Isaac	1740	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I9787
123	Bergey, Henry S.	6 Nov 1817	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I10013
124	Bergey, Godshalk	25 Jan 1833	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I14817
125	Bergey, Godshalk	20 Jul 1797	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I15699
126	Bergey, Fronica	Abt 1750	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16350
127	Bergey, Elizabeth	Abt 1732	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16346
128	Bergey, Elizabeth		Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16369
129	Bergey, David	9 Jun 1804	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I14814
130	Bergey, Christian C.	13 Jun 1741	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I10017
131	Bergey, Christian	9 Feb 1812	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I24218
132	Bergey, Christian	10 Jun 1788	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I10015
133	Bergey, Catherine	21 Feb 1900	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I48777
134	Bergey, Catherine	29 Aug 1772	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16357
135	Bergey, Anna	6 Apr 1792	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I24099
136	Bergey, Anna	5 Mar 1781	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16366
137	Bergey, Anna	Abt 1748	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16349
138	Bergey, Abraham C.	6 Jan 1742/43	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I9509
139	Bergey, Abraham	22 Aug 1765	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16353
140	Bergey, Aaron S.	26 Aug 1813	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I16371
141	Allebach, Magdalena	21 Sep 1765	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I18041
142	Allebach, Jacob A.	5 Mar 1905	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I27936
143	Allebach, Harvey G.	18 Feb 1869	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I48667
144	Alderfer, Lovina S.	8 Jun 1852	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I27872
145	Alderfer, H.A.			I27975
146	Alderfer, George D.	1836	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I14692
147	Alderfer, Clarence	10 Jul 1938	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA	I28013

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